MINISTERS AND CONSULS.
"We have no intention of discussing the Gasparini correspondence The public have had
quite enough and to spare of the matter already. Our readers will find in another column of this issue a full report of what took place in the House on Friday, and can form their own opiuion on the merits of the case. But there is one very valuable moral to bo deduct’d from the affair. Wo entirely agree with Sir George Grey ip his view that a Minister of the Crown ought not to be at the same time the Consul of a ioreign power. The two positions are clearly incompatible. The most important functions of a foreign consul must necessarily at times bring him into conflict with the local Government:, and such a possibility ought to be rigidly guarded against. We are very glad that the Premier frankly admits his mistake in consenting to so incongruous an arrangement. Henceforth it ought to be a rule absolute that no person shall hold simultaneously the two offices of Minister the Crown and of foreign codsul or consular agent. Indeed, it would be well for tho rule to be definitely established by law. Any person holding the position of consul for a foreign power should be ipso facto disqualified for Ministerial office.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 27
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